Indian River Lagoon Rally

Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Dona Corbett (front), and Greg Sapp, of Stuart, carry a mock manatee while protesting against the release of water from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie River Estuary during the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms on Saturday August 3rd.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Holly Tucker (left), of Stuart, and Deb Benz (right), of Hobe Sound, walk along with Chris Roden (center left) of Stuart, as they protest against the dumping of water being dumped from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie River Estuary at Phipps Park before marching to the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms on Saturday. An estimated 5,000 protested during the event.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS John Kane, of Palm City, protests in font of the St. Lucie Locks where water from Lake Okeechobee is released into the St. Lucie River Estuary during the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical farms on Saturday. An estimated 5,000 participated in the event.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Indian Riverkeeper Marty Baum (left), of Jensen Beach, addresses the estimated 5,000 attending the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park protesting against the polluted water being dumped from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie River Estuary at the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms on Saturday.

Captain Don Voss, of the Marine Cleanup Initiative , from Fort Pierce, walks in an algae costume while participating in the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical farms on Saturday. An estimated 5,000 participated in the event. I'm out here because our volunteers have removed nearly 400,000 pounds of debris from the river in the last 12 years and we've saved thousands of critters, and yet in one day they kill more critters by dumping this water than we can save in a year," Voss said.

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ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Maddisen Parker, 7, of Hobe Sound, protests the dumping of the water from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie River Estuary during the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical farms on Saturday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Indian Riverkeeper Marty Baum (left), of Jensen Beach, addresses the estimated 5,000 attending the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park protesting against the polluted water being dumped from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie River Estuary at the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms on Saturday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Indian Riverkeeper Marty Baum (left), of Jensen Beach, addresses the estimated 5,000 attending the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park protesting against the polluted water being dumped from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie River Estuary at the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms on Saturday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 2, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 2, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

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ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Captain Don Voss, of the Marine Cleanup Initiative , from Fort Pierce, walks in an algae costume while participating in the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical farms on Saturday. An estimated 5,000 participated in the event. I'm out here because our volunteers have removed nearly 400,000 pounds of debris from the river in the last 12 years and we've saved thousands of critters, and yet in one day they kill more critters by dumping this water than we can save in a year," Voss said.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 2, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 3, 2013

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Indian River Lagoon Rally at Phipps Park and the St. Lucie Locks in Tropical Farms as residents protest the discharge of water pumped into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee on Saturday August 2, 2013